Under federalism, in the context of the US system, the federal government shares power with state and local governments. Local governments are more responsive to people's concerns, and they're easier to hold accountable.
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Two of the key principles of the Constitution were limited government and separation of powers. Another was federalism, and the fourth was a system of checks and balances to keep any one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.
they have the right to keep justin bieber happy.
Federalism is known as State's Rights. It embodies the concept put in the Constitution by the founding fathers that each state was to be a strong and definite political body in and of itself. The states were to retain most authority to govern their own affairs without interference from the federal government. While we think of our modern America as a democracy, that was not the original intent of the founders. Their concept was for the states to be a group united together under the idea of a free republic. After the Constitutional Convention, when Benjamin Franklin was asked by a citizen what they had been given, he replied, "A republic, if you can keep it". A republic would have less of a central government with more power residing in the individual states.
The goals were not only to prevent abuses of power in the states, but to keep the power in the hands of the people.
Keep your friends close but your enemyes closer
to keep the citizens away from government issues
Federalism keeps the national government in power but also gives power to smaller regions, such as states or provinces, etc. It helps to keep order in a largely populated or just a large in size area. For example, the US has a federalist form of government. It has the national government, but also state and local governments.
Two of the key principles of the Constitution were limited government and separation of powers. Another was federalism, and the fourth was a system of checks and balances to keep any one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.
Basically in layman terms the states cannot make any kind of laws that would violate the national government like. And the national government cannot make any laws that would violate a right of the people in the states. basically its like a check a balance for each other keeping it fair and even.
The biggest benefit of federalism is that it creates 2 layers of protection. You have a central government, that functions to keep the country working as a unit, but also works to keep the states from encroaching on individuals and becoming too intrusive. The same works for states. The states have a LOT of control over what their citizens should be subject to, for example, criminal laws, property laws, contract laws, etc. are decided by the state, not the federal government and they aren't allowed to govern those areas. The states keep the feds from encroaching in that manner.
The biggest benefit of federalism is that it creates 2 layers of protection. You have a central government, that functions to keep the country working as a unit, but also works to keep the states from encroaching on individuals and becoming too intrusive. The same works for states. The states have a LOT of control over what their citizens should be subject to, for example, criminal laws, property laws, contract laws, etc. are decided by the state, not the federal government and they aren't allowed to govern those areas. The states keep the feds from encroaching in that manner.
keep government close to the people
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the government keeps us safe from bad people
Government was set up by the people to protect their rights as individuals and to keep order
Government was set up by the people to protect their rights as individuals and to keep order
Government was set up by the people to protect their rights as individuals and to keep order